2024 Fall ISL Speaker Series Featuring Dr. George Demiris

FSU Institute for Successful Longevity invites you to attend a series of events in the 2024 Fall ISL Lectures Series with our distinguished guest, Dr. George Demiris, a world leading expert in aging and technologies from University of Pennsylvania. The events will be held on October 9 at Tallahassee Senior Center and FSU main campus. 

Dr. Demiris is Mary Alice Bennett University Professor in the School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine, and Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the School of Nursing at University of Pennsylvania. He has been at the forefront of the intersection of informatics and nursing science, and his work has introduced new and innovative approaches to old problems in gerontology. He is exploring innovative ways to utilize technology and support patients and their families in various settings including home and hospice care. He has conducted numerous federally funded studies and his work has been funded consistently over the years both by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). His expertise is also in designing and evaluating “smart home” solutions for aging, and in understanding the potential of wearable devices or digitally augmented residential settings to facilitate passive monitoring and support independence and quality of life for community dwelling older adults.

He is a Member of the National Academy of Medicine, a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics, the Gerontological Society of America and the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics. He has conducted numerous federally funded studies and his work has been funded consistently over the years both by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). He is the Director of the Penn Artificial Intelligence Collaboratory for Healthy Aging (PennAITech) and Co-Director of the Penn Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation (Penn4C).

Events:

1. Dr. Demiris's Presentation "Aging and Technology: Challenges and Opportunities" and Panel Discussion at Tallahassee Senior Center, 10 to 11:40 a.m., Oct. 9, 2024. Panelists include Dr. Demiris, Dr. Zhe He (Interim Director of ISL), Dr. Dawn Carr (Director of the Claude Pepper Center), Dr. Miles Taylor (Director of the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy), and Dr. Mia Liza A. Lustria (Professor at School of Information) 

2. Graduate Student and Postdoc Luncheon at the FSU Innovation Hub in Louis Shores Building. Noon to 1 p.m., Oct. 9, 2024 (space limited)

3. Dr. Demiris's ISL Lecture in Pepper Center Broad Auditorium and Reception, 3:30 to 5 p.m.

If you would like to attend one or more of these events, please RVSP using the following link or the QR code on the flyer:

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